Jeremy Hamborsky, 24, was free Monday on $50,000 bond. State police in Uniontown said he faces a charge of involuntary manslaughter.

The suspect's family said Kylie Marie Sage, 23, and her friend were sitting in a pickup truck with Hamborsky and his girlfriend when the shooting happened shortly before 2:30 a.m. in Bullskin Township.

Police said the vehicle was parked on North Bell View Road, and Sage was showing Hamborsky a gun she bought earlier in the day.

Police said Hamborsky told them that he was sitting in the passenger seat when Sage handed the weapon to him. He asked her if it was loaded and, after she said it wasn't, he moved the pistol's slide and the gun fired a shot, police said.

Family for both Sage and Hamborsky confirm the two were cousins and were very close.

"It's one of those things where we all have to stick together, help each other through this," said family friend Dan Martucci.

"It's very difficult just knowing what happened, knowing both families. It's very sad to know both families are going to go through a lot of hard times right now," said Clarissa Peterson, who knew Sage and Hamborsky. "I know they were very close, so it's sad."

Martucci said the woman believed in self-protection and was permitted to carry a gun.

"She was a very outgoing person. She was a very nice, loving person. She would do anything for anybody. She really would," said Peterson.

Hamborsky is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Thursday in front of District Judge Randy Abraham.

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